-stranger then myself

words bereft of meaning form incomplete sentences                
while I ponder where I learned to lie to myself                
and if my heart were universal, that is to say                
if it were both a beginning and end of something      
more than my eyes see, what other parts of me      
hide memories beyond my own cognitive experiences              
I'm told I should look inward for the answers                
but who would take advice from a stranger anyway...              
               
"the word then in the title is not a grammatical error in that, I meant to use it."

-ed